Improved dust-pan



ailltitrd (tat FRANCIS L. DANIELS, or BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

11am Patent No. 97,276, dated November 3o, 1869.

INIPROVED DUST-PAN.

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The Schedule referred to in these Lettera/Patent and making part cfthesame.

To all to whom these presents shall come:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS L. DANIELS, of'Boston, in the county ofSuffolk, and State of Massachu- "set-ts, have invented 'a new and usefulImprovement in DustPans for Housekeeping-Purposes; anddo hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, duereference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of thisspecica-- tion, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view, and

Figure 2, a transverse section of my invention, the latter' ligure beingtaken throughits dirt-receiving and discharging-trough.

The object of this invention is to provide arecep-V tacle. for dust anddirtfraken upupon a dust-pan, and by removing such dirt from the`inclined iiat portion or body of the pan, allow much more dirt to becollected by it than would otherwise be the case, the peculiarconstruction of the pan, which accomplishes this result, alsoenablingthe dirt to be expelled from the pan with vmore ease, and into areceptacle of less capacity.

lhe invention consists in providing a dust-pan, other wise of ordinaryconstruction; witlia semi-cylindrical trough or chute, disposed acrossfrom side to side, and

at the rear part thereof, and contiguous to the handle, such troughbeing vformed with an inclination at one end, for facilitating thedischarge of dust and dirt therefrom, substantially as hereinafterexplained.

In the drawings above referred to, c denotes the body.

of the dust-pan, being a sheet of metal, made substantially in theordinary form of such articles.

In carrying out my invention, I apply across the rear part of the bodya, a semi-cylindrical trough, b, sunken below the level of such body,and being in length about equal to the width thereof, the handle c,

of 'the dust-pan, being aixed to the rear side of the trough. y

The said trough b has one of its ends inclinedatan angle to its bottom,as shown at d, in the drawing.

The depth of the trough should be such as to sustain the dust-pan, whenupon the floor, at such an angle to the fioor as to best facilitate thetaking up of the dirt from such fioor.

As this trough becomes lilled with dirt and dust, it may, be emptiedvery readily and expeditiously, by means of its inclined end or nose; d,the curved bottom of suchtrough allowing it to be thoroughly cleanedwith a. brush'. Y

The upper rear edge of the trough b also serves the purpose of ascraper, to remove fromA the brush any dirt or lint which wouldotherwise adhere to it. Y By means of a dust-.pan constructed as abovedescribed, not only can much more dirt be taken up by it, but much lesscare is required to keep the dirt from falling from the pan, andthisdirt may be emptied from the pan with much more expedition and ease,and into a receptacle of smaller' compass than with a dust-pan ofordinary construction As before alluded to, the trough b serves tomaintain the pan upon the iioor in the most favorable position forallowing the .dirt to be swept' upon it.

l claim thecombination of the circular trough and the inclined curvedlip, at one end thereof, with the body of the pan, substantially as andfor the purposes specified.

FRANCIS L. DANIELS.

. Witnesses:

EDWARD GRIFFITH, FREDERICK CURTIS.

